rokeren

• rocheren (superseded, dated)
• rocheeren, rokeeren, roqueeren (obsolete)
• roqueren (superseded, dated)

Ultimately from Middle French roquer, from roc (“rock, chess castle”). First attested in the early nineteenth century, with many variants.

• IPA^(key): /roːˈkeːrə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: ro‧ke‧ren
• Rhymes: -eːrən

rokeren

1. to castle (perform the chess move of castling, in which one exchanges the king and a castle)

• rokade